thanks, doug. this is a live look at the white house. things are getting festive there as well. first lady michelle obama and her daughters greeted the crews as they delivered the white house christmas tree. it's a douglass fir from pennsylvania. mrs. obama said it will be decorated with pictures of military homecomings. >>> no word on the cause of a power outage that has hundreds of people in the dark. more than 500 pepco customers without power. most are concentrated in d.c.s southeast and southwest quadrants. pepco isn't sure what caused the outages, but power should be restored by 7:00. >>> crews are working to repair a water main that broke. the 12-inch main burst in rockville. it created a mess in the road. we are told more than 40 customers have been without water service for several hours now including the animal shelter. they are hoping to have the water tuned back on shortly. >>> as we cover prince george's county, traffic is back to normal where a water main break caused a sinkhole that swallowed an suv. some 200 people in that area were without power until 4:00 yeste